INSANE: 13 - The Real Truth

How an ancient collision with another galaxy transformed the Milky Way

The Milky Way has a secret history of galaxy mergers that we are only now starting to uncover.

Space · Aug 17

China bounces back from Long March rocket explosion with back-to-back launches (video)

China's space program has returned to flight after an Aug. 10 Long March 7A rocket explosion, launching both a Long March 12 and a Long March 2C rocket on Sunday (Aug. 16).

Space · Aug 17

Scientists find dead star that predicts our sun's future: 'Broken apart and returned to the galaxy'

A composite image of data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Kitt Peak four-meter telescope and MOTHRA reveal the Helix Nebula. We can see the bow shocks, particularly on the left.

Space · Aug 17

A 'river' of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits

A river of gas over a trillion miles long is streaming onto a young planet-forming system and is tipping it over.

Space · Aug 17

'This is unprecedented': Why the Pentagon's recent UFO file releases are so important

The Pentagon's recent spate of UFO releases represent a big shift and are of great benefit to the country, according to disclosure advocate Mike Gold.

Space · Aug 17

Blue Origin adding second pad to Cape Canaveral launch complex amid rocket explosion repairs

As Blue Origin continues to repair its New Glenn launch pad following the rocket's explosion in May, the company has announced plans to build a second pad at the same complex to support the bigger, more powerful New Glenn "9x4" variant.

Space · Aug 17

Can you solve it? A new goat for puzzledom’s GOAT

Take this puzzle by the horns

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17

Starwatch: Vega the bright star will light the way to the constellation of Lyra

Lyra, the lyre, represents the harp played by the Greek poet Orpheus

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17

How to watch 'Lanterns' — HBO's gritty new Green Lantern show

Hal Jordan and John Stewart don the classic green in this new hardboiled space cop mystery

Space · Aug 16

Olga Soffer obituary

Professor of anthropology whose approach to archaeology centred on crafts executed by women 40,000 years ago

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16